Three records in, Sarah Darling is taking charge of every aspect of her sound. Her last record, Dream Country, shows an amazing amount of confidence and control for a burgeoning country starlet, incorporating a wide array of influences and interests while maintaining a Nashville heart.Continue reading…

Sweden’s Amanda Fondell has been a mover and shaker since winning Swedish Idol’s Eighth Series back in 2011. Six years later, shes turning her eyes towards the states, looking to dominate in the pop/soul/electro market much the same way fellow countryman Robyn has for some time. Amanda is sweet, her answers are unpolished and endearingly somewhat lost in translation, and though her frustration with the language is clear, clearer still is her good-natured smile and passion for her work.Continue reading…

Allie X is clearly a star on the rise. The enigmatic musician has caught the attentions of everyone from Katy Perry to major fashion photographers to labels and beyond. Her debut full-length record, Collxtion II, is dropping today and to help promote it she stopped by LAMB for a brief acoustic session and interview.Continue reading…

Last week, we reported on Matt Pond PA performing a last minute set in a living room in a townhouse in Burbank, CA. Now we’re here a week later reporting on that experience again – this time with video evidence and further proof that the band is magical.

The video below is twenty minutes of an hour-long set that captures five songs performed over a period of the band’s career, stripped back with violin, cello, guiatrs, and vocals performed by Pond, Sean Alpay, and Mel Guérison.

Matt Pond PA has been utilizing these living room sessions as an intimate way to connect with fans and to pull back the instrumentation to reveal the true songwriting nature of the tunes that would ordinarily be pronounced in larger settings. This was a unique opportunity, especially for fans on the West Coast who have been craving both the band’s presence in the area as well as in these settings.

If you were one of the lucky 25 to have witnessed it, this is a great reminder of this wonderful set. For the rest of you, this is a wonderful treat. Keep on the lookout in a town near you where they might pop-on in a living room to perform some songs, just because.

In conjunction with Daft Punk’s performance with crooner The Weeknd at this year’s pretty solid Grammy Awards held at Staples Center, the electronic duo/overlords decided to open a pop-up shop in West Hollywood to show off all of the merchandise they’ve been steadily releasing since 2013’s Random Access Memories dropped.Continue reading…

Chances are you rang in the new year surrounded by friends and family, discussing resolutions…and watching Mariah Carey’s disastrous performance on Dick Clark’s Rockin’ New Year’s Eve.Continue reading…